Rosie Sheehy (Billie), Brian Gleeson (Stephen), Chris O’Dowd (Dermot) and Aisling Kearns (Freya) in The Brightening Air at The Old Vic (2025) [Manuel Harlan] THE BRIGHTENING AIR The Old Vic ☆☆☆ ...

A passer-by filmed the confrontation between the rodent and reptile A RAT has been seen wrestling a snake on Hampstead Heath. The video sent to the New Journal was taken in Kenwood near Mansion ...

A LANDMARK pub is could be on the brink of closure after almost 200 years trading. Staff at the Ye Olde Swiss Cottage – in the island of the gyratory of busy roads – are understood to have found new ...

THIS is the first look at how Camden envisages a 20–year redevelopment of the area bordering Queen’s Crescent to look. The controversial scheme immediately drew criticisms for the designs and scale as ...

FIRE crews used a 32 metre ladder and drones as they spent yesterday (Tuesday) evening battling a blaze at the top of a house converted into flats in Hampstead. Ten fire engines and around 70 ...

Rizzle Kicks at Somerset House THERE was a genuine moment on Thursday night when I convinced myself that I had done it again and coined a whole new musical genre: Hip-pop, a summery fusion of chart ...

Lionel Bart [Allan Warren] SIR Cameron Mack­intosh’s production of Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre has been extended to spring 2026 with additional Sunday matinées. One five-star review called it “a ...

Ecologists find nesting pair on Hampstead HeathAfter 100 years, the buzzards are back! Ecologists find nesting pair on Hampstead Heath Thursday, 27th March — By Dan Carrier ...

Ecumenical matters: my life on Craggy Island Will you enjoy Lissa Evans’ memories of producing Father Ted? You will. You will. You will, says Peter Gruner Thursday, 13th March — By Peter Gruner ...

SIR MICHAEL Palin shared his love for living in Gospel Oak, a “special place that’s not pretending to be something it’s not”, at a community event on Monday night. On the same day that he finished ...

Alfred Brendel [Jiyang Chen] THERE was a grand piano in Alfred Brendel’s Hampstead home, and it provided an insight into the character of the world-famous concert pianist, whose funeral took place at ...

Objectors at the Town Hall saw the plans given the go-ahead A MAJOR overhaul of the heating infrastructure of one of Camden’s most famous estates has been approved, despite strong opposition from ...